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Skechers must face lawsuit over misleading spam emails
A federal judge ruled that Skechers must face a class action in Washington alleging misleading spam emails that pressured consumers with false urgency claims.
Ticketmaster, Live Nation found to hold illegal monopolies by N.Y. jury
A New York jury found Ticketmaster and Live Nation illegally monopolize U.S. live event markets, leading to potential penalties and further court actions.
Walmart found negligent for selling shotgun used in suicide
A federal jury ruled Walmart negligent for selling a shotgun to an employee who later died by suicide, awarding millions in damages to his family.
Federal court sides with Mayflower in contract case
A federal court partially granted summary judgment and partially denied summary judgment in a breach of contract case.
Negligence: Wrongful Death-Damages
The parties cross-appealed from the judgment entered in plaintiffs’ medical-malpractice and wrongful-death claim. Defendants argued that the trial court erred in not reducing the judgment by the amount of the […]
Contracts: Landlord-Tenant Dispute-Airbnb Rental-Damages
Where a landlord terminated a tenant’s lease after the tenant received a municipal citation for violating an ordinance prohibiting subletting through the Airbnb short-term rental service, the landlord was not […]
Contracts: Specific Performance- Damages-Interest-Rate Increase
Where a trial court determined that a buyer in a sale of real property was entitled to specific performance and the buyer claimed on appeal that he was entitled to […]
Torts: Tortious Interference-Sufficiency of Evidence-Damages
Where an oil producer challenged a jury verdict for a independent trucking contractor who alleged that the oil producer had tortuously interfered with the business relationship between the contractor and […]
Negligence: Property Damage-Lost Sale-Damages
Where homeowners brought an action against an electric cooperation for the alleged negligent installation of a transformer, claiming damages from a lost sale of their property after the buyers backed […]
Civil Practice: Sunshine Law-Improper Disclosure-Damages
Where a sheriff, who claimed that disclosure of a 911 recording of an altercation in which he was involved violated the Sunshine Law, sought actual and punitive damages, the permissive […]
Contracts: Employment Contract-Breach of Loyalty-Damages
Where in a dispute arose from an associate professor’s alleged failures to disclose his inventions or patent applications and to properly assign ownership of inventions resulting from his research to […]
Insurance: Fire Loss- Damages- Prejudgment Interest
Where a homeowner who suffered a partial fire loss challenged a directed verdict against her on her claims for the structure, personal property and prejudgment interest, the homeowner failed to […]
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